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| Puritan | a member of the Church of England who settled in North America to follow Christian beliefs in a more "pure" way |
| charter | an official paper in which certain rights are given by a government to a person, group, or business |
| common | an open area where sheep and cattle graze; village green |
| expel | to force to leave |
| fundamental | basic |
| frontier | the land that lies beyond settled areas |
| refuge | a safe place |
| immigrant | a person who comes into a country to make a new home |
| justice | fairness |
| trial by jury | the right of a person accused of a crime to be tried by a jury, or group of fellow citizens |
| militia | a volunteer army |
| constitution | a written plan of government |
| overseer | a hired person who watched field slaves as they worked |
| almanac | a yearly calendar and weather forecast that helps farmers know when to plant crops |
| debtor | a person who was put in prison for owing money |
| planter | a plantation owner |
| apprentice | a person who learns a trade by living with the family of a skilled worker and training for several years |
| Great Awakening | a religious movement started by a Dutch minister in the Middle Atlantic Colonies that called for greater freedom of choice in religion |
| auction | a public sale |
| broker | a person who is paid to buy and sell for someone else |
| consent | an agreement |
| indentured servant | a person who agreed to work for another person without pay for a certain lengtj of time in exchange for passage to North America |
| John Winthrop | Puritan leader who served as governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony |
| Roger Williams | Founder of Providence in Rhode Island. |
| Anne Hutchinson | English-born woman who left Massachusetts because of her religious beliefs. |
| Thomas Hooker | Minister who helped form the Connecticut Colony. |
| King Charles II | British king who granted charters for the New Hampshire and Carolina Colony. |
| Metacomet | Called King Phillip by the English. He was the son of Massasoit. |
| Peter Stuyvesant | Last governor of the Dutch colony of New Netherland. |
| George Calvert | Member of Virginia Company and the first Lord Baltimore. |
| William Penn | Proprietor of Pennsylvania. Penn was a Quaker who made Pennsylvania a refuge for those who wanted religious freedom. |
| Benjamin Franklin | He was a writer of the Declaration of Independence, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and a respected scientist and business leader. |
| James Oglethorpe | Given a charter to settle Georgia. He wanted to bring in debtors from England to help settle it. |
